Deity

The Pitfalls of Godliness A relationship with God can be nourishing to the soul. Those whose bond with God is strong are ideal models for others because of their virtuous and selfless nature. However, there are those who only preach the word of God without following in his footsteps and use their faith to justify their sins. Even worse, there are those who raise themselves up to be equal with God. In A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O 'Connor, the grandmother, who defines herself as a…

In the first passage of The Creation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, he writes an ode to the gods, explaining the exact reason why he wrote the song to come. The Creation begins, “My soul would sing of metamorphoses. But since, o gods, you were the source of these bodies becoming other bodies, breathe your breath into my book of changes,” (Ovid, Book 1, lines 1-4). He sings the song of the world as he knows it, and how it came to be, a song of changes. Ovid writes The Creation to explain how man was…

The divinity is imagining an artist, black mind when, in an instant and from nothing, conceived a concept, a theme or a motive with which you can build all of a painting, or any other work of art. Now imagine that this master of the art is so skilled that, once it concludes its work, despite the diverse range of emotions, styles, containing, if one examines it closely, you will find a topic and the same idea. Inspiration is just another idea emerged at the head of the artist, but it is a…

Having considered how Sumerians in Mesopotamia and ancient Egyptians related themselves to their gods, it is also reasonable to look at how rulers fit into each society. Both Sumerian and Egyptian rulers were believed to be divine, however, in Mesopotamian society kings were regarded as spokespersons of the gods, as exemplified in a petition to a king where a citizen stated, “You in your judgment, you are the son of Anu; your commands, like the word of a god, cannot be reversed…” (Duiker and…

Gods at War, by Kyle Idleman. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. 239 pages. Reviewed by Josiah R. Boyle This book was chosen for review because my Biblical worldview teacher Mr. Brackney assigned it to my class to read this book and to write a critical book review on it. Kyle Idleman is the teaching pastor of Southeast Christian Church and has written various other books. The thesis of this book is that the first of the Ten Commandments which is Thou shalt have no other gods before me is the most…

Carson McCullers’s novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter can be read as a religious allegory that validates why people depend on religion and religious figures through the symbolism of John Singer as a religious figure. This struggle is portrayed with the interaction between Singer, whom is romanticized in a religious way, and other characters such as Dr. Copeland and Mick Kelly. As a man who opposes religion and his family’s religious beliefs, Dr. Copeland seeks comfort and consoling nearly…

On their journey to find death, the three brothers come across an infinitely old man. They ask him for directions to death, and he tells them of a tree where he had last come into contact with death. After the brother’s part ways with him, he is never mentioned again in this tale or in any of the others told throughout the overall text. The presence of old men in literature are often portrayed as wise, god-like, or as a magician who is very wise. However, the man that Chaucer writes about…

A Comparison of Native Creation Stories “Turtle Island” and “The One About Coyote Going West” are native creation stories that reflect the culture and beliefs of the people. The stories attempt to explain the unexplainable with aspects of magic and other worldly powers. These stories come from different time periods, use different names for divine creators and have different animals to tell the story. However, the similarities between the two stories’ creation method, setting and portrayal of…

As a hospital chaplain, I occasionally led the weekly group meetings about spirituality on the Psych Unit. One week, a resident named Dee joined us. Dee shared that she did not believe there could possibly be a God because if God was real, then she would never have felt as lonely as she did at the deepest point in her depression. While in that room, surrounded by people like Dee who chose to share their faith journey and support one another, I bore witness to God’s presence in Dee’s life.…

Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield have been shot at six times by a revolver. Not a single bullet scrapes them. They are safe and alive. Both of them proceed to argue over the significance of the event. Vincent argues that it was just a lucky coincidence. Jules argues that it was divine intervention. Divine intervention has been in belief ever since religion came to be. It is the belief that God or Gods come down to meddle with the natural order in order to save someone. Divine intervention is not…